A little while back, J. and A. went to see Eragon together because A. wanted to see it. (J. didn't know what it was. This isn't surprising.) J. hated it, possibly more than I hated the book. (There's a reason I have no interest in seeing it, and that's because I find it a derivative piece of badly-written crap and couldn't even finish the book. ( Read more... )

Please to stop using "Carol of the Bells" to advertise Charlotte's Web (the movie) because something so wonderful should not be involved with something so horrid. (Here I mean the live-action spider, not the story itself. I love the book, but seeing a live-action spider is too much for me, too much I say!)

Also, those verizon commercials about the v-cast phone (I think) with Shaq and some annoying woman--why would I want total access to their shows and appearances all the time? So far, verizon has not chosen people who inspire me to buy their phone. Now if Vin Diesel appeared in those commercials, or Seth Green, I'd be more interested. Except if they ( Read more... )